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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction Collection


The Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction Collection is comprised of public domain books contributed by The Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections at UCLA from the Nitka Collection of Fantastic Fiction. Other contributions are from the University of Toronto and the University of California at Berkeley.

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    Flatland : A Romance of many Dimensions
    (details | read it)
    by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926)
    Published in 1884
    Tarzan Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    Fantasy Adventures
    Tales of Horror and Suspense
    • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (details | read it)
    • The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Possibility by H. G. Wells (details | read it)
    • Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (details | read it)
    • Alraune, die Geschichte eines lebenden Wesens by Hanns Heinz Ewers (details | read it)
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    6
    Socialism
    5
    United States -- Social conditions
    5
    World War, 1914-1918
    4
    Social problems
    4
    Voyages and travels
    3
    Conduct of life
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    The Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction Collection
    225
    American Libraries
    213
    California Digital Library
    91
    Canadian Libraries
    76
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    17
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    wells, h. g. (herbert george), 1866-1946
    42
    verne, jules, 1828-1905
    14
    burroughs, edgar rice, 1875-1950
    13
    haggard, h. rider (henry rider), 1856-1925
    9
    stockton, frank richard, 1834-1902
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    blackwood, algernon, 1869-1951
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    University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library
    Flatland : a romance of many dimensions
    by Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
    texts
    eye 61,960
    favorite 20
    comment 3
    31
    favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Vol 1: Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
    by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
    texts
    eye 34,525
    favorite 20
    comment 3
    With: Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / by the author of The last man, Perkin Warbeck, &c. &c. London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831
    favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
    New York Public Library
    Around the world in eighty days
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 34,244
    favorite 16
    comment 0
    Topic: Voyages around the world
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The war of the worlds
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 22,842
    favorite 16
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    Twilight
    by Frankau, Julia, 1864-1916
    texts
    eye 20,948
    favorite 5
    comment 1
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 71. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
    California Digital Library
    The outline of history, being a plain history of life and mankind
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 19,030
    favorite 8
    comment 1
    favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
    Topic: World History
    California Digital Library
    Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 18,183
    favorite 9
    comment 0
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Illustrated by Charles Raymond Macauley
    by Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
    texts
    eye 13,915
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    20,000 leagues under the seas
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 12,959
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
    texts
    eye 11,432
    favorite 4
    comment 0
    Fisher copy: Dated in ms on inside front cover: Dec. 12/[18]89. With decorated end papers
    California Digital Library
    A princess of Mars
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 11,152
    favorite 6
    comment 1
    favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    A short history of the world
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 11,011
    favorite 3
    comment 0
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    Topic: World history
    New York Public Library
    Aesop's fables
    by Aesop; Vernon Jones, V. S. (Vernon Stanley); Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill
    texts
    eye 8,495
    favorite 12
    comment 0
    Topic: Fables
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The lost world
    by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
    texts
    eye 8,070
    favorite 5
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Jungle tales of Tarzan
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 7,753
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    26
    New York Public Library
    Grimm's household tales
    by Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863; Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859; Bell, R. Anning, ill
    texts
    eye 6,609
    favorite 33
    comment 0
    A collection of forty-nine tales by the Grimm brothers
    Topics: Fairy tales, Folklore -- Germany
    California Digital Library
    Vol 1: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
    texts
    eye 6,528
    favorite 9
    comment 0
    v. 1. Jules Verne. A drama in the air. The watch's soul. A winter on the ice. The pearl of Lima. The mutineers. Five weeks in a balloon. v. 2. A trip to the center of the earth. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The English at the North pole.--v. 3. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The desert of ice. A trip from the earth to the moon.--v. 4. In search of castaways: South America, Australia, New Zealand.-- v. 5. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. The mysterious island: Dropped from the...
    New York Public Library
    Gulliver's travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag
    by Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; 1878-1953, ill
    texts
    eye 6,107
    favorite 8
    comment 0
    The voyages of an Englishman carry him to various strange lands, including a land of tiny people and a land of giants
    Topic: Fantasy
    California Digital Library
    Tarzan of the apes
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 6,077
    favorite 4
    comment 0
    Topic: Tarzan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
    New York Public Library
    From the earth to the moon and round the moon
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 5,837
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    University of Toronto - Scarborough
    The island of Doctor Moreau ; a possibility
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 5,606
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    41
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Tarzan of the apes
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 5,455
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    The future in America; a search after realities
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 5,428
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    Topics: National characteristics, American, United States -- Social conditions
    California Digital Library
    The discovery of the future
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 4,991
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    Topic: Philosophy
    New York Public Library
    Little wars : a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girls who like boys' games and books
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 4,302
    favorite 7
    comment 0
    Topic: War games
    California Digital Library
    A floating city and the blockade runners
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 4,220
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    California Digital Library
    The return of Tarzan
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 3,976
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    Topic: Tarzan (Fictitious character)
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The stolen bacillus, and other incidents
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 3,524
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    A modern Utopia
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 3,503
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    26 41
    Topic: Utopias
    California Digital Library
    Tarzan the untamed
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 3,479
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Alraune, die Geschichte eines lebenden Wesens
    by Ewers, Hanns Heinz, 1871-1943
    texts
    eye 3,461
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The exploration of the world
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 3,451
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    26
    Topics: Discoveries in geography, Voyages and travels, Explorers
    California Digital Library
    Tarzan and the jewels of Opar
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950; St. John, James Allen, 1872-1957, ill
    texts
    eye 3,450
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 33. Dust jacket (Grosset & Dunlap), publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    Topic: Tarzan (Fictitious character)
    California Digital Library
    The begum's fortune
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905; Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880; Lippincott, J. B., 19th cent
    texts
    eye 3,361
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    Topics: Bounty (Ship), Mutiny -- Fiction
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Tarzan the terrible
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 3,345
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The son of Tarzan
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 3,232
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    Omega: the last days of the world
    by Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925
    texts
    eye 3,134
    favorite 5
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). Item is in box 70. Publisher's quarter green cloth, grey cloth, stamped in gilt. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    California Digital Library
    Dashed against the rock, a romance of the coming age
    by Colville, William Wilberforce Juvenal, 1862-1917
    texts
    eye 3,068
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 45. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The first men in the moon
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,904
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Vol 1: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 2,896
    favorite 2
    comment 1
    52
    favorite ( 1 reviews )
    California Digital Library
    The witching hour
    by Thomas, Augustus, 1857-1934
    texts
    eye 2,895
    favorite 4
    comment 1
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 183. Publisher's grey cloth, printed in grey, stamped in brown and orange. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
    University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library
    The war that will end war
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,893
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    31
    Topic: World War, 1914-1918
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The great explorers of the nineteenth century
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 2,783
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    Topics: Discoveries in geography, Voyages and travels, Explorers
    California Digital Library
    Jungle tales of Tarzan
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 2,706
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 32. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black. Publisher's advertisements: 31 p. at end. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    California Digital Library
    The history of Mr. Polly
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,683
    favorite 0
    comment 2
    favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The sleeper awakes
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,680
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Mankind in the making
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,592
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    26
    Topics: Education, Higher, Sociology
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Tarzan the untamed
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 2,579
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    26
    New York Public Library
    Once on a time
    by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956; Robinson, Charles, ill
    texts
    eye 2,524
    favorite 9
    comment 0
    A fantasy of the far off days of King Merriwig and how he finally weds the Countess Belvane thus providing the Princess Hyacinth with a mother
    Topics: Fantasy, Kings and rulers
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,487
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    Topic: Socialism
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The beasts of Tarzan
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 2,475
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Vol 1: The outline of history, being a plain history of life and mankind. Written with the advice and editorial help of Ernest Barker [and others]
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,416
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    26
    Topic: World history
    California Digital Library
    Vol 12: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
    texts
    eye 2,407
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    v. 1. Jules Verne. A drama in the air. The watch's soul. A winter on the ice. The pearl of Lima. The mutineers. Five weeks in a balloon. v. 2. A trip to the center of the earth. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The English at the North pole.--v. 3. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The desert of ice. A trip from the earth to the moon.--v. 4. In search of castaways: South America, Australia, New Zealand.-- v. 5. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. The mysterious island: Dropped from the...
    California Digital Library
    Hours with the ghosts, or, Nineteenth century witchcraft : Illustrated investigations into the phenomena of spiritualism and theosophy
    by Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861
    texts
    eye 2,403
    favorite 4
    comment 0
    "List of works consulted": p. 298-302
    Topics: Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891, Spiritualism, Theosophy
    California Digital Library
    The clipper of the clouds
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 2,386
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Tarzan and the jewels of Opar
    by Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
    texts
    eye 2,344
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    The bright messenger, by Algernon Blackwood
    by Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951
    texts
    eye 2,297
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 20. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The great navigators of the eighteenth century. With 96 illus. by Philippoteaux, Benett, and Matthis, and 20 maps by Matthis and Morieu. Translated from the French
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 2,287
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    Topics: Voyages and travels, Discoveries in geography, Explorers
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The food of the gods, and how it came to earth
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,268
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    As the sparks fly upward
    by Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861-1920
    texts
    eye 2,260
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 25. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Bealby; a holiday
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,216
    favorite 0
    comment 1
    26
    favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
    California Digital Library
    The wolves of God, and other fey stories
    by Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951; Wilson, Wilfred
    texts
    eye 2,208
    favorite 6
    comment 0
    The wolves of God.--Chinese magic.--Running Wolf.--First hate.--The tarn of sacrifice.--The valley of the beasts.--The call.--Egyptian sorcery.--The decoy.--The man who found out.--The empty sleeve.--Wireless confusion.--Confession.--The lane that ran east and west.--"Vengeance is mine."
    California Digital Library
    Told by the death's head : a romantic tale
    by Jókai, Mór, 1825-1904
    texts
    eye 2,159
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 107. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    California Digital Library
    The Toltec savior; a historical romance of ancient Mexico
    by Graham, Sarah Melissa Cary Downing
    texts
    eye 2,101
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 80. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in black, white, and gilt. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    Topics: Toltecs, Mexico -- Fiction
    California Digital Library
    The eye of Istar; a romance of the Land of No return
    by Le Queux, William, 1864-1927
    texts
    eye 2,090
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 117. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    Music - University of Toronto
    Vol 5: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 2,062
    favorite 0
    comment 0
    52
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Vol 15: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 2,044
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    52
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Vol 2: The outline of history, being a plain history of life and mankind. Written with the advice and editorial help of Ernest Barker [and others]
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,038
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    Topic: World history
    E.J. Pratt Library
    The sea lady : a tissue of moonshine
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 2,032
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    35
    California Digital Library
    True tales of the weird; a record of personal experiences of the supernatural
    by Dickinson, Sidney, 1851-1919
    texts
    eye 1,997
    favorite 2
    comment 0
    Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 58. Purchase, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, 1967
    Topic: Ghosts
    California Digital Library
    Vol 7: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
    texts
    eye 1,992
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    v. 1. Jules Verne. A drama in the air. The watch's soul. A winter on the ice. The pearl of Lima. The mutineers. Five weeks in a balloon. v. 2. A trip to the center of the earth. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The English at the North pole.--v. 3. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The desert of ice. A trip from the earth to the moon.--v. 4. In search of castaways: South America, Australia, New Zealand.-- v. 5. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. The mysterious island: Dropped from the...
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    The war in the air: and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted. With illus. by A.C. Michael
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 1,968
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    26
    California Digital Library
    Vol 11: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
    texts
    eye 1,960
    favorite 3
    comment 0
    v. 1. Jules Verne. A drama in the air. The watch's soul. A winter on the ice. The pearl of Lima. The mutineers. Five weeks in a balloon. v. 2. A trip to the center of the earth. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The English at the North pole.--v. 3. Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The desert of ice. A trip from the earth to the moon.--v. 4. In search of castaways: South America, Australia, New Zealand.-- v. 5. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. The mysterious island: Dropped from the...
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Vol 2: Works of Jules Verne
    by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
    texts
    eye 1,960
    favorite 1
    comment 0
    52
    University of Toronto - Robarts Library
    Thirty strange stories
    by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
    texts
    eye 1,910
    favorite 0
    comment 0
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